• AllOutOfBubbleGum@lemmy.world
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    4 days ago

    10yo me realized that other sized batteries that were also 1.5v could be used as well if I had enough tape and aluminum foil, so then all the flashlight D batteries around the house started to go missing as well.

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      4 days ago

      The kid who jury rigged their gameboy to a power adapter is probably an electrical engineer by now.

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    I go the other way. When AA/AAA batteries are too weak for high drain devices, I save them for my remote controls. They usually last for months due to the intermittent use and low wattage.

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    Don’t do it. Alkalines are all shit now and will leak all over your electronics.

    Get some decent NiMH.

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      NiMH is perfect for an application like this, where the power draw is high but you don’t need the batteries to retain charge while in standby for that long, so the high self-discharge rate is irrelevant.

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    Wanna know some evil shit?

    Knew a kid who had siblings all close in age. Their Parents didn’t want for money at all, but still bought only one gameboy to share between the siblings. That’s just stupidity on the parents’ part, to the point of total lack of self preservation!

    IE they introduced something to cause conflict instead of spreading it out and causing peace for everyone.